Forensics Questions

Discussion in 'Forensic Science' started by Alyssa, Jan 1, 2002.

  1. VManso

    VManso CSI Level Two

    Joined:
    Nov 4, 2005
    Messages:
    1,977
    Likes Received:
    0
    Re: forensic questions

    Ken,
    Drop by and take a gander at our site . Irs new title is Forensics Fan Club. Pretty neat if I do say so myself.
     
  2. NicksSexyBabe

    NicksSexyBabe Rookie

    Joined:
    Apr 24, 2007
    Messages:
    202
    Likes Received:
    0
    hi i have a question what are the national database's that contain the dna and fingerprints of people arrested?

    isn't it IAFIS and KOTIS (i may have spelled them wrong)? i need to know for a school project and i don't know what their called, so even if their right can someone let me know if they are spelled right, thanks
     
  3. Dynamo1

    Dynamo1 Head of the Swing Shift

    Joined:
    Sep 27, 2004
    Messages:
    9,792
    Likes Received:
    1
    AFIS: Automated Fingerprint Identification System

    CODIS: Combined DNA Index System
     
  4. wolfe_love_2007

    wolfe_love_2007 Hit and Run

    Joined:
    Jul 20, 2007
    Messages:
    55
    Likes Received:
    0
    thanks 2 everyone on the board for increasing my general knowledge on csi stuff!
     
  5. Grissom_Nick

    Grissom_Nick Dead on Arrival

    Joined:
    Feb 28, 2008
    Messages:
    38
    Likes Received:
    0
    It is just water but in a beaker with the bullet in and then it goes in a Ultrasonic Cleaner witch will beak of the skin:thumbsup:
     
  6. Greg Cox

    Greg Cox Victim

    Joined:
    Apr 27, 2008
    Messages:
    12
    Likes Received:
    0
    Forgive me if this has been asked before,but is there any way to tell whether a wound or laceration was inflicted before or after death?
     
  7. nattybatty55

    nattybatty55 Nadalaholic

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2007
    Messages:
    8,338
    Likes Received:
    0
    This is not a scientific answer but just a guess:

    I would have thought yes because of the fact that blood wont be flowing around the body after death.
     
  8. Greg Cox

    Greg Cox Victim

    Joined:
    Apr 27, 2008
    Messages:
    12
    Likes Received:
    0
    That works if the body is found at the crime scene, but what if it's moved? I was hoping for something regarding the damage to the bone or tissue.

    Thanks for responding,though.
     
  9. SpeedsDaughter

    SpeedsDaughter CSI Level One

    Joined:
    Jul 16, 2007
    Messages:
    946
    Likes Received:
    0
    I think it depends on where the wound was made. I remember a Bones episode (The Man in the Cell) where Brennan commented that "massive blood aspiration to the soft tissue of the neck" had been found when a victim was discovered in a refrigerator. The victim had been beheaded alive in that case.

    I'm not sure about anything else; I'm not even a scientist. I do hope you find some better answers though :)
     
  10. KenGoddard

    KenGoddard Hit and Run

    Joined:
    Mar 1, 2007
    Messages:
    85
    Likes Received:
    0
    This is really a question that a medical doctor or pathologist should answer (and I'm not); but in general, if you get bruising around a wound, its because the heart was actively pumping blood into damaged capillaries/tissues ... whereas you wouldn't see bruising if a cut was made on a dead body.
     
  11. allmaple

    allmaple Judge

    Joined:
    Nov 22, 2005
    Messages:
    5,153
    Likes Received:
    0
    kind of a weird question, but here goes...

    if i remember correctly, when they reconstruct a face from a skull they use average tissue depth at different points on the skull. well what if a person was overweight and had more adipose tissue on the face and head? is there a way to tell? otherwise the reconstructed face would look similar, but would not be the right shape etc. and could look like a different person. or im just thinking way too much into things... :lol:
     
  12. adorelo

    adorelo CSI Level Two

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2007
    Messages:
    1,591
    Likes Received:
    0
    I'm neither a medial doctor, nor a pathologist, but I have training. What Ken says is correct. It depends if the body is relatively fresh (i.e., not in later stages of decomp). If the victim took a while to die, microscopic examination of the wound would show more white blood cells than if it was inflicted after/during death.

    Also, while dead bodies to 'bleed' they don't bleed a lot. So a wound inflicted after death would have significantly less blood pooling than one inflicted before.

    Hope that helps. If you need more specifics, I can try to help.
     
    Last edited: May 27, 2008
  13. Greg Cox

    Greg Cox Victim

    Joined:
    Apr 27, 2008
    Messages:
    12
    Likes Received:
    0
    Thanks, Ken and Adorelo. Sorry not to respond earlier, but life has been hectic. (Visiting relatives, etcetera.) I appreciate your input.

    Ken, are you the same Ken Goddard who writes for Forge Books? Good to hear from you. I confess that I haven't had a chance to read your CSI novel yet, but I'm looking forward to it.
     
  14. KenGoddard

    KenGoddard Hit and Run

    Joined:
    Mar 1, 2007
    Messages:
    85
    Likes Received:
    0
    Yes, I'm the Ken Goddard who wrote 3 books for Tor/Forge. Typical author activity: we cheerfully migrate to whichever publishing company is willing to publish our next book ... and always hope that there will be a next one. :)
     
  15. luna

    luna Victim

    Joined:
    Jun 6, 2008
    Messages:
    6
    Likes Received:
    0
    The mouth is NOT washed prior to an autopsy, and really, isnt specifically washed after an autopsy, just the general hose down the entire body gets. If there is foreign material or the mouth is particularly bloody, full of emesis, etc then they might pay a little more attention to cleaning it. However, the majority of the cleaning/making presentable part is done in the funeral home. You might be interested to know also, that when the Y incision is sewn back up, its not done in a particularly neat manner either, just a quick job to close things up. Hope this answers your question.
     

Share This Page